News

• Olmert heads to Washington for farewell meeting with outgoing Bush
  PM plans to discuss Iran and Syria as well as other regional issues.
• Bush signs jobless benefits extension
  US president ensured that millions of laid-off workers will keep getting their unemployment checks as the year-end holidays approach.
• UN agrees to send 3,100 more peace-keepers to Congo
  Rebels say they fended off an attack from the army, pro-government Mai Mai militias and Rwandan Hutu rebels.
• Peres receives honorary knighthood
  President meets Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace before talks with Prince Charles, Brown.
• Germany bans Hizbullah television
  Interior Ministry spokesman tells 'Post' ban sparked by "propaganda against Israel's right to exist."